Durham News

A "listening tour" organized by the Democratic National Committee to build grass-roots support for President's Obama's policies will make a scheduled stop in Elizabeth City in August.

Whoever fired the bullet that struck a Durham police officer in the abdomen Thursday should have known police were standing outside the door, Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr.

Police officials in North Carolina say an officer is in surgery after being shot during a call to a burglary in progress in Durham.

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A Duke University official is accused of offering his 5-year-old adopted son for sex on the Internet, according to the FBI and court documents in the case.

Q. I get terrible rebound headaches from anti-inflammatory drugs . My doctors seem to not believe me; instead, they insist that anti-inflammatories are just what I need for arthritis.

A Durham man has been arrested and charged with the shooting death of his half-brother. Durham Police say they arrested 56-year-old Lewis Scarlette and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

City officials plan to use about $30,000 of a $2.17 million stimulus grant to install solar hot water systems on two firehouses.

Durham 4, Toledo 2 Justin Ruggiano's two-out homer in the 8th propelled Durham to a 4-2 win over Toledo on Wednesday afternoon.

Durham animal control officers, police officials and residents have reported seeing a bear wandering around neighborhoods and up to stores over the past two days.

WASHINGTON A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering a 5-year-old boy for sex.

The PDU transforms biomass into a synthetic gas or "syngas," which is catalytically converted to produce liquid fuels and other bio-based chemicals.

Police say that after he shot his former wife's husband to death early Thursday morning, Randy Tyson Bledsoe drove back to his home on Redwood Road.

Durham police were investigating the death of a man who was found shot to death inside a house Thursday morning at 606 W. Markham Ave.

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The fox believed to have bitten a 4-year-old child at Westminster School for Young Children Tuesday has tested positive for rabies, according to Durham Animal control.

22 10:07 pm DURHAM, N.C. - Durham mayor: "people are being very cautious about dotting the I's and crossing the Ts," according to the L.A. Times

Pawtucket 5, Durham 3 After taking a 2-1 lead through three innings, the Bulls gave up consecutive two-run innings in the fourth and fifth eventually losing 5-3 to Pawtucket Sunday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

A Durham County jury convicted a man of trafficking more than 350 pounds of illegal drugs.

Raleigh-Durham International Airport has received a $2.5 million state grant to help replace more than 2,000 runway and taxiway lights with light-emitting diodes, or LED fixtures.